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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

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The Wolverines limped out of Assembly Hall on the wrong end of a 71-65 game. Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims had relatively quiet games, and actually each scored fewer points than Zack Novak or Laval Lucas-Perry.

If Michigan wants to turn the tables, they'll have to get star-worthy performance from their best two players, with the supporting cast stepping up. Michigan isn't going to win a lot of games this year without Sims and Harris stepping up (well, they're not going to win a lot of games this year no matter what, but I digress.

This time around, Indiana has had a chance to get used to not having Maurice Creek, but the Wolverines are at home. This certainly looks like a game that the Wolverines should win (and Vegas thinks so, too. Look at that gaudy line!).

Difference of more than 10 places in the national rankings get a 1-letter advantage, more than 100 gets a 2-letter advantage, more than 200 gets a 3-letter advantage, etc.

Michigan's numbers have improved since the first game against the Hoosiers, while Indiana has dropped games to Ohio State and Illinois decisively. Michigan appears to be the much better overall team, and should emerge with a win tonight.

Last week in Columbus. They lost by 24. Didnt cover the +14 that night and were already down by more than 20 before the end of the first half. It was not good.

However, they did not lose to Illinois decisively. They lost by 6, covered the spread and were winning by 13 at the half. Still winning with less than 2 go.

Frankly, both the IU and UM games were carbon copies of each other over the weekend. Both my teams coughed up comfy second half leads. In games that they absolutely needed: Michigan from a bubble standpoint and IU to live up to my 5-4 at home in Big 10 play prediction.

I DVRed the IU game and watched Sunday morning. So, I got both on the same day. I was in a hoops funk for a good couple days after that.

Should be a fun one tonight. Personally, I think Michigan wins, but the talent level between teams is closer than most of you guys are willing to admit.

coach B sits Manny to get his head straight and he responds bigtime. I really like having a coach who understands what buttons to push to get his players to perform at a high level. Near the end of this one, Michigan started to get a running game going up and down the court. This has been missing all year so far, and they look pretty dangerous on the run. Hopefully they can take this new momentum and start to put a winning streak together. Go Blue!!!